Mounting of pictures.



A. BoNlNG. MOUNTING QF PICTURES.

APPLICATION FILED IULYZB. |914.

Patented June 25, 1918.

C@ @5 l \\V\ sns AUGUSTUS BONING, 0F LONDON, ENGLAND.

MOUNTING OF PICTURES.

Patented JT une 25, 191%.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 28, 19141. Serial No. 853,683.

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS BONING, a subject of the German Emperor, and residing at London, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements Relating to the Mounting of Pictures, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to an improved method of mounting pictures, eXecuted on paper, cardboard or like material, upon a backing mass, in such manner that the picture presents the appearance `of having been actually drawn, painted, or otherwise produced, directlyupon the said mass. For this purpose the picture is embedded in the face of the mass or substance which is t0 constitute the backing, and the surface of the latter and of the material on which the picture is executed, are rendered uniform over a desired area by the application of an opaque coating. f

In Jthe accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a plan view of a picture mounted according to thi's invention.

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing the picture and mount while still `in the mold.

Fig. 3 is an edge view of the mounted picture, with part section on the line A-A of Fig. l.

Fig. 4 is a plan View showing a picture in a modified form of mount.

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the manner in which the mounting is effected.

Fig. 6 is a cross section on the line B-B of Fig. 4.

Fig. 7 is a plan view showing a"picture in a third form of mount; and

Fig. 8 is a cross section on the line G-C of Fig. 7.

In carrying out my invention I may conveniently proceed as follows: The picture, such for instance as a pictorial post-card a, is laid face downward in a mold b, and a suitable substance, such for instance as plaster of Paris c, is then poured upon it. If necessary, the picture may, as shown in Fig. 1, first be trimmed to suit the form the backing is to have; and in the case of stout paper, cardboard or the like, it may be desirable to pare or bevel the edges of the material, to prevent their subsequently rising. It is also usually of advantage to soak pictures which are on, stout material, to render them more pliable, previously to laying them in the mold.

The mass c, with the thus embedded picture a, when sufficiently hard, is then removed from the mold b and allowed to dry. `Should the paper have shrunk appreciably in drying, so that an interstice remains be-v vo, the picture may be stripped olf again and the bottom of the bed, or the back of the picture, may be given a coat of -a suitable medium e. of sufhcient thickness to bring the picture, when again applied to the bed, flush with the surface of the mass Grand with certain classes of picture material, such agent may with advantage be of an adhesive character in order to promote adherence of the picture. In someI cases irregularities of the mature referred to can be readily remedied by sandpapering or similarly abrading the surface of the mass.

The mass c and the therein embedded material a on which the picture is executed now present an even and continuous surface, and a desired extent of the latter is then rendered uniform by the application to such part of the surface of one or more coatings of paint or other suitable opaque substance, after. which a varnish or the like may, if desired, be applied over the whole surface. In this manner, over any required area, the distinction between the material of the picture a and the backing mass o can be substantially obliterated, in such manner that the article presents the appearance of an integral slab or plate or other object upon which the picture has been directly painted, drawn or the like.

The extent of surface of the picture material a that receives the opaque coatingwhich may be of any desired color-will naturally depend upon the character of the picture. Thus in some cases the coating will follow closely the contour of the actual delineation and constitutes, so to say, the background, while in other cases, for instance with a landscape, or a picture surrounded by a representation of a mount or frame, or with copies of old paintings Copies of this patent may be obtained for of which -overlaps the edges al of the lture a at the bottom and the right-hand side.

v ed with opaque material as above described.

The margin or other parts may obviously be ornamented in any desired manner, or decorated v by the application of various colored coatings.

The ornamentation may, for instance, con- 'sist of a bead, llet or other molding or salientportion, which may suitably overlap the edge of the picture material to a certain extent, eitherall around, or only at one or more desired parts, to prevent its rising.

Thus, as shovvn in Fig. 5, the mold b which is to receive the backing mass may have grooves b1, b2, 3, and the picture a may be so disposed therein that tWo of its edges a1 project above the groove b3. Nhen therefore thecontents of the mold are removed,

a 'mountv c presenting an annular molding 01, c2', c3, is constituted, of which the bead c3 extends beyond the edges a1 at the top and bottom of the picture a, as shown in Figs. 4 and 6.

The mass employed as backing may be of any suitable material, and may be east in any desired shape, such for instance as round, oval, or rectangular plates for hanging on the Wall, as blocks, ornaments, or the like.

In Figs.

7 and 8 a picture a is shown `mounted in a rectangular slab c having a marginal molding 0*, the inner chamfer c5 pic- In the case of some backing materials, such for example as papier-mch and similar substances, the picture may be embedded therein by being simply pressed into the y face oi' thel mass when in plastic condition.

It must be clearly understood that I do not desire to restrict myself to the details mentioned, as the exact mode of procedure in carrying out my invention will depend more or less upon the precise character of the backing mass selected and the nature of the picture to be mounted.

Having thus described my invention, I declare that what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. The method of making an art-plaque, which consists in embedding a picture in the face of a plaque, and then obscuring the plaque-surface uniformly with the adjacent portions of the picture-surface up to the contour of the actual pictorial representation which it is desired to exhibit, and simultaneously obliterating the junction-line between plaqueand picture-faces, all by the application of an opaque coating, in such manner that the said representation illusively appears to be executed directly upon the material of the coated plaque.

2. 'The method of making an art-plaque, which consists in casting a plaque upon the back of and around a picture, leaving the face of the latter flush With the surrounding plaque-surface, and in then rendering ocularly identical the face of the plaque and the Whole of the adjoining picture-surface up to the contour of the actual pictorial representation which it is desired to exhibit, and simultaneously obliterating the junction-line between plaqueand picture-faces, all by the application of a monochrome coating of oil-paint, in such manner that the said representation illusively appears to be executed directly upon the material of the coated plaque.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature in presence yof two Witnesses.

AUGUSTUS BONING.

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